University Park Blotter: Jan. 1 – 7, 2019

We were curious about what crime looks like in one Los Angeles neighborhood over the course of a week. We scanned crimes reported to the Los Angeles Police Department in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, where Crosstown is based. In the style of old police blotters in newspapers, our Crosstown University Park Blotter is a weekly rundown of crimes here. We include as much relevant information as we can find in the LAPD data. University Park is unique in that there are two law enforcement agencies patrolling the area – the LAPD and the Department of Public Safety (DPS). We are focusing on crimes reported to the LAPD, but we do link to weekly DPS reports below.

Jan. 1, 2019

4 p.m.

Robbery

2300 block of Scarff St.

Suspect, wearing a mask, knocked on victim’s door and invaded his home. Victim was 94-years-old.

How we did it: We looked at publicly available LAPD data on reports of crimes in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. For neighborhood boundaries, we rely on the borders defined by the Los Angeles Times. Learn more about our data here.

LAPD data only reflects crimes that are reported to the department, not how many crimes actually occurred. In making our calculations, we rely on the data that the LAPD makes publicly available through the Open Data Portal. On occasion, LAPD may update past crime reports with new information, or recategorize past reports. Those revised reports do not always automatically become part of the public database.

Want to know how your neighborhood fares? Or simply just interested in our data? Email us at askus@xtown.la.